Effect of radiotherapy planning complexity on survival of elderly patients with unresected localized lung cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 706-711

  Park, Chang H ^a   Bonomi, Marcelo ^a   Cesaretti, Jamie ^b   Neugut, Alfred I ^c,d   Wisnivesky, Juan P ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Baptist Cancer Institute   (United States)

^c Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

^d Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Complexity; Lung cancer; Radiotherapy; Survival; Unresected

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX SIMULATION; COMPLEXITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COX REGRESSION; HAZARD RATIO; LUNG CANCER; NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER; POTENTIAL SELECTION; PROPENSITY SCORE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL; UNRESECTED;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HAZARDS; PATIENT MONITORING; PESTICIDE EFFECTS; RADIOTHERAPY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

DISEASES;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MEDICARE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053579543     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.06.060     Document Type: Article

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